Pantech has stuck a major deal for supplying Orange branded handsets in France. On the list is the Pantech U4000 slider phone which includes a 1.3 Megapixel camera and a VGA res for video conferencing, 1.9 inch 260,000 color TFT display, Media player, 512MB onboard memory, Micro SD card for memory expansion, Bluetooth and USB connectivity. This deal with Orange with further strengthen Pantech's hold in Europe.

Pantech provides phones to all the three biggest carriers in France, with having secured agreements with SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Orange. The Korean company aims to be one of the top 5 phone mobile phone brands in France by the end of 2008.